MAXIMS OIL MERE MAN n-qiu-t- shall dbvlu. Whit force cannot offectffeuud The Guardian. Three Cont; He“!!! "all: Founded 1m. CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1948 Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew labour input. MAXI MS OIL MERE MAN Twellandsnponthclsrcfiantl 14 PAGES Hall Subscription: Delivered $0.00, 35-99: other Provinces l 17.8. 11.01 DEFENCE CHIEFS FOR WESTERN UNION ANNOUNCED Russia Opposes Hea_ring 0f Berlin Case S’s‘ide Had Highest Average Income For 1946, Ottawa Reports 6655M To Be Vacated For Fumigation Queen's County jail for the first time in several ylcars is going to be empty of prisoners for the next few days. All preparations for Llle fumigating of the jail have been completed and,Jaller Burr Dwyer said last night that the l7 prison- ers may be temporarily removed to Georgetown Jail this morniluLThey will remain there until the Queen's County jail ls flt for occupancy. Sheriff John Beaton said last evening that he had received no official notification respecting the removal of the‘ Queen's County prisoners to Georgetown from the Attorney General but intimated the transfer would be made soon. Sheriff Beaton said the majority oi the prisoners were serving brief sentences for drunkenness. The work of fumigating the Queen's County Jail is under the direction of Mr. Allison Foster. Predict Meat Prices Declining CHICAGO. Oct. 4—<APl—"Mest, prices are coming down," United States livestock experts predicted today as hog prlr-cs fumbled sharp- ly at major corn hell. markets. Farmers unloaded heavy runs at luch points as Chicago. Indian- apolis. East St. Louis, Kansas City and South St. Paul. 1n general. prices dropped $1 to $2 a hundred pounds. 'l‘his followed a steady de- cline all lust week. Sister Frances Df Boer War Now_9C VANCOUVER. Oct. 4- (CID- Mrs. S. G. Ball, the toast oi the Court of St. James 80 years ago and "Sister Frances" to troops in the South African War at the turn of the century celebrated her 98th birthday today in the peace and quiet of a tiny housekeeping room. "This is my little castle," she laid, indicating the walls and tab- les piled high with treasures and mementos of o long and colorful life. "It has to he, I haven't been outside for three years.” Coming Events “Dance Iona Hall Tuesday Oct. 5th "Sea Breeze Victoria, each Wed- nesday. Dancing 9-1. “Chicken Slipper. Hall, Oct. 5. commencing at 5:30. "Canoe COVc Movies -- Wed- nesday, "Black Beauty." "Dance, Wood's Mill, Farming- ton, Thursday, October 7th. "Dance every Tuesday, St. Pet- er's Legion i-iall. Clifford's Orch- estrs. Station Hail. Eastern "Dance. Winsloe Tuesday, October 5th. Rhythm Boys Orchestra. "Annual Chicken Supper in Wellington Parish Hall. ‘Thanksgiv- ing. October 11th. "Don't forget. the Chicken Sup- per in Miscouche Hall, Wednesday evening, Oct. 0th. Meals served from five o'clock on. "Chicken Supper at. St. Mark's Parish Hall, int 7, Wednesday ev- ening. October 6th Supper served from 5 o'clock otn. Bingo. Dance after. "Bnerlld Hall. Ausplces C. W. 1.. "Thrill, Action, Donlld Br0d.- Theatre tonight. Show 9.30. “Come to Dulce in Brookvsle Ice CI!!!“ lhd lfllllfih lGfVQd. MIC- School, Iriday, October 8th. New London ‘rhanksllving Monday. October 11th. Bingo and Dance. Lunch served. Good music. Suspense, see the Corpse Came C. O. D. at Mac- OfITAWA. Oct, 4 - (GP) _. The Prince Edward Island town of Bummerslde, with $2,292, had the highest average income re- ported in tax returns from 51 sel- ected municipalities in i046 Doctors, with an average 1n- come of $7.466, did better finan- cially than did any other group Canadians making less than $2.200 a year accvlnulated more than half the gross income re- ported by lndivldual taxpayers in that year It cost the Federal Government Slltlmdflw - a record and 50 per cent higher than the previous year _- to collect total tax rev- enues of $1 317700000 in the 1047- 48 fiscal year The talxation division of the Revenue Department unfurled these and masses of other figures today twith publication of the third annual edition oi its “green book," officially known as "tax- ation statistics." . It is loaded with answers to such questions as how many Can- adians left est-ates of $1,000,000 or more. how many taxpayers illcre are, which industry had ihc hizh- est; taxable profits, what the years are doing to tax revenues. It shows that 23.51122 Canad- ians paid tax in 1046 on a total , gross income of.$4.9l0.400,000, and | 52 per cent oi them lltadc less. $2,200. Of the toial individual ln- come tax of $047,700,000 that, ennlc 1 out. of the gross. 5i per cent, came from people making less than‘ 83-500 a year. Married men, with income of $2,514 and an .'"\'Fl'Zli!i" tax of $836, paid 68 per crnl, of the individual taxes. enue W08 $1\10,000.000 below‘ of the previous fiscal year Behind the doctors as high earners came lrlvyers. with an average of $6.528: Cnglllcfrs and architects. with $5,984, tlsts, with $5.269. Farmers aver- aged 32.1118, authors and writers $3.012. salesmen $3.467. . Behind Sunlmcrside came Lefh- 3 bridge, Al‘a., with an average in- come of $2,200 for iis 5332 tow. payers; Edmundston. N.B., with, 02,197 for 2.200: Toronto with $2,197 for 350,810. and Montreal with $2.186 for 338.299. . N. Y. Lawyer Faces Emhezzling Charge l NEW YORK, Sept. 4-011‘)- Leonard Bacon Clark. socially- pronllnenf. New York lawyer, was‘ charged with defrauding his mo-. lhcr and sister by stealing $1,362; l 000 from his flllilcns eslotc. Clark. 42, a graduate of both Yale and l-larvard, was arrested ns he left a hospital at White Plains, N. Y. L Clark's mother, Mrs. Edn A. Clark, 74, llml his sister, Mrs. \'ir- lginia Clark Dllrnicllc, Washington, were trustees with him of his fa- ther's estate. The lawyer, police said, lived lav- ishly while pretending to his fam- ily and friends he had a law prac- tice yleldlng $50,000 to $75,000 a year. It nctunlly never brought him more than $5,000. the district at- torney said. TORONTO. Oct. 4 -- (CPL-A $1,000 reward for the finding of his daughter alive today was offered by Paul Baker, father of June Baker. 21-year-old medical student. missing for five days. A marked cheque for the reward was turned over today to police. Although police said the missing University of Toronto co-od might be suffering from amnesia, they feel she would have been found by now. With no word from the girl since she disappeared five days ago, po- lice officials and her parents he- lieve she is dead. The ‘case -is one of the most haf- fllng in recent years. Detectives assigned to it say there is "ab- solutely nothing" that will give them a clue: as to what might have happened to the pretty student aftorfiho left to keep an appoint- ment in a downtown restaurant. Discounting the suggestion she Nellie Orchestra might. have taken her own life in Hi1 "YFTRIIPI The $l.3-l7.706.000 total fax rev- l that . and den- , i llecord is filimed Claims Security Council Nas No Authority By ALAN HARVEY PARIS, Oct. 3 (C?) —R.us- sia. demanded today that the Ber- lin deadlock go to the Council oi Foreign Ministers, Britaln and the United States maintained firmly that the United Nations Security Council act to halt the Soviet blockade. Andre Y. Vlshinsky, Russian delegate, said the Security Coun- cil has no business discussing the stalemate, "Gentlemen, you have got the wrong address," he de- clarecl. Philip C. Jessup of the United States said Russia is threatening world peace in Berlin and the threat is against the United Statics, Britain and France. Jes- suo said tile Security Council is the place to handle such threats to peace, Britain's Sir Alexander Cadogan argued that the action taken in Berlin was not taken "in relation Presidedl At Manitoba Town Threatened By Fire TVINNIPEG, Oct. 4—(CP)— Flames from fiercely-burning bush fires were racing towards Riverton, Mum, today and the town's 1.000 residents feared for their safety as a south wind, its velocity 2d miles an hour, swept the blaze within a mile of the town. The town of Silver, four miles south of Arhorg-whero a barn and several T ystackl already have fallen to the flames-ls directly in the path of the fire. Arborg’! 600- in- habitants will be endangered if the strong winds continue. Aircraft and trucks were taking men and equipment into "limitation" on Page 5 Col. 3) Report Cost the danger areas today. -of-Living Resumes Upward Climb .Nurricane Warnings Along Florida Keys MIAMI. l-‘|.l.. Oct. -l »- (AP)- .1i\ll‘l‘l(‘iill(‘ warnings were hoisted lolollg, tho l-‘lnritlzl Keys today as a ‘ tropical storm offering a threat of wind and flood to South Florida pushed northward from the Carib- hcun Sen. ‘ Solllllcllsl storm warnings flew north of hey Largo to Millnli and along the Gulf coast to Fort Myers. , Winds near 10R miles an 'hour lswirled around the centre of the rapidly developing hurricane. Its centre at 5:30 p. m. EST was nclll‘ lzlt-iilldc 2i north, longlllude 8.’: west. or about G0 miles south of the wl-storll tip of Cuba. ’i‘llc storm is moving northward at about 12 miles an hour. New Potato Picking FLORENCEVIILE N. 8., Oct. 4 —-lCPl -- A record was set in this section of New Brunswicks potato grmving belt when John Smith picked 188 barrels of potatoes in cne day. His two sons. aged 10 and ll. picked 87 barrels at the same t:mc. With pickers getting i5 cents a barrel, the three had a to- tnl earning of $40.50 for their day's work. OTTAWA, Oct. 4 —tCP) »Tl’iE cost-of-living index is on its way up again. After a mid-sucmner slump ln July. the index climbed another 1.4 points between Aug. 2 and Sept. 1 to hit an all-time peak cf 158.0. The advance compared with a rise of 0.6 points in July and 2.6 points in June. The Bureau of Statistics, report- ing the August, reading today. at- tributed the major part of the gain to higher costs of food, clothing and homefurnisllings, although there woze advances in all the other budget groups. The increase in the index since the outbreak of war in 1939 now is 57.6 per cent. The Bureau said the tendency in industrial material prices was toward lower levels during Ser- tcmber. its wholesale prices index declined from 163.2 for the week ended Aug. 27 to 162.0 for the week ended Sept. 24. Easier quotations for oats, steers. hogs. linseed oil and hides were responsible for the drop. The index for Canadian farm products eased from 145.2 to 144.2 during the same period, with de- clines in potatoes. livestock, hides and poultry outwcighlng slight 1n- creases ln grains and eggs. The cost-of-living index is cal- eulalcd on the basis that 1935- 39 equals 100. Housing Report THE BIGGEST‘ FAMILY i LONDON, Oci. 4 — (AP) -- A thcate manager offered free movie liCRIiS to the biggest fant- lllv ill Batlcrscu, a Lfllldflfl bor- mugh of 9010) persons. William Nlerrywcatlltr, 78-year-old night “Tpfhlllflil, wrote in that he has the biggest -- 101 children, strand- children, great grandchildren and ill-laws. Nicrrynvcatlter took to- night, off frrm his joh and chap- eroned 83 relatives at the movies. iFather Offers $1,000 For Finding Daughter a fit of despondoncy, police said all indications are to the contrary. She was in good spirits when she left her home last Thursday. No trace has been found of the briefcase in which she carried her textbooks. Detectives do not. believe the girl is held prisoner or was abducted for ransom. It is felt that if kid- napping was the motive, the ab- ductors would have contacted her family by now. Policr- place some importance on the fact that she carried a fairly largo sum of money with her when silo disappeared. She had a cheque for $00 with which to pay flea and buy needed textbooks. The cheque had been cashed, but the fees have not. heén paid. Two waitresses reported seeing the missing girl in a downtown restaurant on Friday. The walt- resses said they knew Miss Baker by sight and that she wan accom- panied by a ml»- Oct. 4 ~ (CP) 43,600 families was lprDVidEd during the first eight lmonths o.’ 194B, the Bureau of Statistics reported today. p ‘The Bureau's figure referred to "dwelling units" mud included apartments and duplexes as well as detached houses, The figure was n considerable increase on the budding for the first six months of the year, reported last Friday by Central Mortgage wild Housing Corporation. Its figure for completion of "housing units" fur the first. six months was 30-508. OTTAWA, f Housing for Detectives LoawlCTo l Escort Perreaults officers in holdup here. Sept. 23. HVl/ill YAFtK-Vil‘. ..l.\.t‘ itll‘ an attempted bank Preparatory Committee Discussion On Newfoundland Relations Watson MacNaught, parliamentary assistant to Fisheries Minister Mayhew and M. P. for Prince. reached Ottawa today and assumed the chairmanship of the prepara- tory committee on Canada-Now- foundland relations. With senior officials of External Affairs, Fish- eries and Transport departments, Mr. MacNaught discussed the groundwork for entry oi New- foundland into confederation. "Our discussion today“ the Prince member said at the break- up of the conference, "was to ex- plore some of our mutual prob- lems in respect of Newfoundland's entry into the Canadian union, chiefly from an administrative stand oint." The Newfoundland delegation, headed by Hon. A. J. Walsh, K.C., lion. Gordon Bradley, K.C., and Joseph R. Smalllvood are en route by plane to Uplands Airport out- side Ottawa and will reach here some time this evening. Mr. MacNaught was summoned to Ottawa to take Fisheries Min- ister Mayhew's place during the early stages of the discussion. Mr. Mayhew is still on the Pacific Coast on official business. Much of the discussion between (Continued on Page 5 Col, 5) News In Chief i SYDNEY. N. 8.. Oct 4 @1152?)- The Newfoundland delegation on route to Ottawa for discussions of the colony's union with Canada was grounded here tonight by bad flying weather. TOKYO, Oct. 5 --t'I-‘uesciay-P—- (AP) —- A violent typhoon slashed through Okinuva Monday, calls- lng $10,000.00!) damage. and now is heading toward populous south- ern Japan, the United states ar- my reported today. HALJFAX. Oct. 4 -tCP> -The liner Aquitania will dock here to- morrow from Southampton with 1.805 passengers, including 1.314 British immigrants. ____- I MIAMI, Film. Oct. 4— fAP)-—a chartered airliner hound for Puerto Rico with 23 persons aboard crash-landed in the surf near a lonely Bahamas island early today after running out of gaso- line. There were no severe injur- lcs. Margarine Case In Court Today 1 OTTAWA, Oct. 4-(CP) t battle of margarine goes heioro tllc Supreme Court of Canada tomor- row. Headed by Chief Illlslice Thib- nude-all Rinfret, sevcn justices will lhear the opening arguments on a government reference which may free the butter substitute from the legislatlvl barriers preventing its use in Canada for more than a half-century‘. The hearing, expected to last two days, will mark the final round for a years-old legal fight intensified by periodic butter shortages since the end of the war. linmentary battle for a butter substitute. JEWEL hrlhsvas MAKE nsul. window lwhlle the dining. ill fill‘- fU-lil‘ ..._ The‘ It stems directly from a hitter par- . suitable l lFirst Imported Butter wunou. Oct-. l~_ mo» _-A.. , family was Death Di Veteran Crew Member Df Did Northern Light Edward Is- Prince land's transpotation past was sev- A link with cred by the death on Sunday of Mr. Peter McConnell, last sur. viving member of the crew of the old "Northern Light," first, crude ice-breaker to ply between this Province and the mainland. Mr. McConnell, who was in his ninety-seventh year. had resided in recent yea:s at the Sacred Heart l-lomc. lie was born at Johnston's River. a son of MT. and Mrs. Thus. McConnell. lie came to Charlotte- town with his parents about tile time the city was incorporated in 1855. Before he had reached adult. years, he had gone to sea and had gained there his experience with marine engines which were than regarded as an innovation. When the “Nozlhcrll Light," about theyear 1879. was put on the Piston-Georgetown route by the Dominion Government in an at- tempted fulfillment of its pledge tinder Confederation to maintain continuous transportation between ‘Prince Edtvard Island and the lmainland. Afr. McConnell went, on <board as an oller at a wage of $30 a month. In an interview (Continued on Page 5 Col. 4) appearing in i New Glasgow To Sell Out Airport NEW GLASGOW. N. S., Oct. 4- (CP)—Two Nova Scotia towns, Trenton and New Glasgow, that have been waging a private feud over an airport and a transgress- ing road, may have reached a so- illtion to their problcln. New Glasgow owns the airport, located in Trenton. The highway runs zlcross ille airport's one paved runway. Some time ago. the 'Trenlon Town Council requested New Glasgow to move the road. ‘and that is whore the controversy , started. , ' After considerable deliberation, 5 ‘the New Glasgow Town (lnllncil I ‘decided tonight to offer the air-l port to Trenton for $8.000 rattler .,than shell ollt. the HPCFSSHTy $20,- 000 to re-rolltc the road. Sllollld tltc transaction be com-l plclcd. there remains one unsolved ' lprohlem the road still runs across j i the runway. Expected insurance firm disclosed today MONTREAL. Oct. 4 -- <cl=>- that £10m! ‘($400001 worthh of . v - . O 0 ome a... 4 hm,“ but; Donald and Douglas atrt at. Nutley, England, last wed- rangcments are under way for al- pen-enup, wanted tn conngctlnn nesday. Burglars are lteileved t0 location of Cantldaks first shipment. with the slaying of two police have entered through a bedroom "I lmllllfifll 511"". 0119 l" VX1119 in Montreal this month, to areas where there is a shortage. The, Prices Board announced to- day that it will accept applications for a share of the imported butter fccm any area in which there is a shortage of the Canadian product. The Government announced inst to knport a total and New Zealand. ed at ports on both the and Pacific coasts. that s severe faced Canadians this winter. Sept. 24 that plans had been made of 15.000000 pounds-11,000,00fl from Denmark and 2.000.000 each from Australia The Prices Board said the first shipment lo Montreal will be foi- .1owed bv other cargoes to be land- Atlantic Arrangements for butter imports were made when dtllrymen yearned shortage of butter No Immediate Shooting War QUEBEC. Oct. 4 -(GP- There ls no evidence. in high United States Government cir- cles that Russia has any pre- meditated plans for immediate war, Walter Chamblin. Jr.. of Washington. told the 26th. annual convention of the Am- erican institute of steel Con- struction today. "The decision as peace rests with Mr. Stalin," said Chamblln who is vice- president of the United States to war or National Association o! Manu- facturers. “World indications point against an immediate shooting war." Charges Serious Mismanagement In Provincial Affairs Prince Edward Island was in "d sorry position" as a result of the tax agreement between the Do- minion and this Province, declar- ed Mr. Joseph R. Mal-Millan, sec- retary oi’ the Provincial Progres- sive Conservative Association, in an address broadcast last evening. “We were led like lambs to the slaughter," he maintained. “For the year ending March 31st lost, we- received from Ottawa un- der the new tax agreement, the sum of $1,652,180. "This in addition to our statu- tory subsidies‘ amounting to $653.- 189 made a total 0f $2,292,121. The Premier last March estimated that the minimum total grant oi $2,285,000, would he increased as a result. of the raise ln gross na- tional production. by the amount of $80,000. Instead it. was increas- ed by only $7,121. To this loss of anticipated revenue must he add- ed the loss to the Province in rail- (Continucd On Page 5 Col. 2) Island Delegates Return With Confident Message That "Drew can do it" is the slogan and the firm belief of all Progressive Conservatives from coast to coast. This is the mes- sage brought back by the Prince Edward Island delegates who rc- turned last night from Ottawa. "The recent convention of the Progressive Conservative Party will always be remembered as the most successful and enthusiastic ever held in Canada by any politi- cal party," Hon. Dr. W, J. P. Mac- Millan. Provincial leader. declared on behalf of himself and other delegates who attended, "Well before nonllnatlon day it becolnci apparent that the choice for lead- ership lay between Premier Drew of Ontario. Donald Fleming, KC. fur. and John Diefellbakcr. KC. —-all men of outstanding and each well ounlzficrl to 111! the role. "There was no altlvnpt. in any". way’, to pledge Provincial dele- gates or blocks. but there quickly developed a spirit of frlerldlv bu? keen rivalry and the followers of the three contenders vlecl Willi 0110 "'zc...;..;;a.'a"... o... syCol. 4»- This Month l The announcement, and manllfact the Board's nearest allocation if domestic scarce. 1t Warned. applications would only from deficiency be B7985. hands by Oct. 8 for t-he first ai location, wilich is to meet require ments until the end of the year. plicatlons to be submitted durln December. pllcstions for carload lots of 28 000 pounds bllt it explained that can place ills order through recognized distributor. flbllity‘ ~ today said‘ wholesale. blrvers and distributors ""0 YiFP-S urers should apply to ‘@03- office for all butter .s M“ P- M~ however. that accepted The. applications must be ln the Board's The Board will only consider ap- dealer who requires less than that. ‘Leaves Wood Islands, Prince Kovl 8 The Canadian Commercial Cor- pozatlon. through which the but-_ ter was purchased. will sell it. lln- der direction of the Prices Board. French-Gcneral To Command Land Forces Montgomery Neads Dvor- AII Committee; other Commanders Named. l LONDON. Oct. 5 —(Tuesdw)-< <C_P) —-Viscount Montgomery. ciuef of the imperial General Staff, has been appointed military chug. man of the five-power Western Lumvean Military Alliance, itwul announced today, _Gen. Jean De Lat/ere De au- slgny of France was named oom- rnander-in-chief of the land force] of the Alliance. Alp Marshal Sir Jam" Rabi, 0g Brltam was picked to commend the Alliance's air forces. Vice-Admiral Robert Jamal-d. 52. of France was named flag 01s fiver of the naval forces. The staffs of the military chair-l mall 11ml the COYTICHBHCQYB-lfln chief will include high-ranking of- ficers from the Netherlands, Bel- gium and Luxembourg. The task of these officers is to Study tactical and technical prob- lems of Western European defendo. The appointments of the chain man and Air Commander-fuming] were, it is understood. approved by the meeting of the Defence M11“ isters of Britain, France and the Benelux countries in Paris lasl Tuesday. Tlhe announcement of the m‘ (Continued on Brigg 5 (:01, 1)‘ MtNY A Blkb, lath fulnks He" EPSY $1. 13¢’ REALLY on easy, , PAYMENT Avef. "felt" TORONTO, Oct. 4 - (UP) - Minlmum and maximum tempur- atulres: Victoria 52, 61; Edmonton 40, '71; Regina 42, 79; Winnipeg 50, '74; Toronto 43, 60; Ottalwa. 27, 62; Montreal 3G. 5G; Quebec 34, 60; Saint. Johll 37, 52; Moncton 39, 48; Halifax 47. 53; Charlotte- town 45, 40; Sydney 46. 48; Yar- moufll 44, 49. HALIFAX, Oct. 4 (CP) Official inland forecasts issued: tonight by the Dominion Public IWeathor Office at Halifax and ,volid until midnight Tuesday. l Synopsis: 'I'here \‘.Ll‘t‘ strong northerly tlslntls ovir the Maritimes Mon- clal‘. Ill the western sections of the district the weather was clear bu: an tlse eastern ports lt was "ast wi'h scattered atures were most- ‘ rees_ Tile high pres- relllred bver Eastern l= nlovlng vely slowly so that. nwnllcriy‘ winds are expect- ,erl to continue. It will still be cool ‘Tuesday. Widespread frosts will occlir ill a‘l regions. tonight and Tuesday night. Regional forecasts; i Prince f-‘dward Island - (710.1? lwlth fro-st. during the night. Tues- dov clear and continuing cool Light winds increasing in the morning to north 15. Low early ~Tucsday morning and high in the afternoon at Charlottetown 4o and 60. ‘ lligh tide at noon. Sun sets this afternoon at. 5.8L tomorrow morning at Flrst quarter moon October 9th, Summerslrle tide eighteen min- utes later than Charlottetown. Dally Ext-int Sunday CAR FERRY "ABEGWEIP Standard Time Leaves Borden, 0.10 a.rn., 14.30 p. m. Leaves Tormentlne 10.95 n. m. 2.44 A second allocation, to cover the ‘ January-March period, will be D m» 7-39 P- m _ mode on the basis of new sp- SUFPAY 8 Leaves hot-den 6.45 P. M. Learn-s Tormentine 8 I‘. M. ‘ vvoon ISLANDS - CARTBOU Daily including Sunday Standard Time --l "l a a.m., l p. tn. Leaves Caribou. sling i 1.111.. 1 pin. l Prince Nova, ll 1.15., 4 pan. I 1 tun. (‘Juries A. nunning. 1i a.m.. 41mm. Charles A. Dun-